Canada - Alaska Theft Concerns
Been planning our first 3 month mid May Canada & Alaska trip for 2 years now. We have 2 trailers and are taking our 25 foot TT and leaving the big 5ver home. An issue with the TT is the huge lack o...
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Veebyes wrote:
My question is why are you not taking the 5er? What you will spend making your stuff secure, to say nothing of the inconvenience of being in the small TT is way more than any extra fuel cost.
We have done Alaska 3 times from the East Coast dragging our 34' 5er everytime. Hoping to do it again next year. The North is crawling with 5ers of all sizes.
time2roll wrote:
+1 to take the larger RV with the space you need.
Otherwise leave the extra stuff at home.
Good question. The reason we have the additional trailer, the 25ft TT is the following.
1. We have the smaller TT because the big 5ver simply won't maneuver and fit in most of our very favorite tight Forest Service campgrounds. We figured we would have the same problem in many sites on this trip. Meaning we could only stop at "roomy" government and other campsites. My research here on this forum has seemed to indicate that tightness has been a problem for some at campsites they encountered. We want to be free to park or stop anywhere.
2. Our Grand Junction 5ver has a super high profile. I'm 6-7 and can stand in the bedroom with inches to spare. The unit height we thought would cause problems in some campgrounds. Trees and such have been a problem at many spots in the past. I've had to get on the roof to cut limbs many times.
3. I live in a ski resort at 7,000 ft. I've pulled our horses in their trailer many times in snow.I'm used to snow. We are going to be in Banff & Jasper for a week mid May. I was told we may encounter snowy roads on the first part of the trip or even later. IF that should happen we would rather be pulling 6,000 lbs rather than 16,000.
4. Our big 5ver has a huge double door full size refrigerator. It goes through much more propane and battery use powering the small refer compressor as also does the forced air heater. We have dry camped many times in places like Quartzite Az. and umless you can run a generator frequently the batteries wont last very long. I understand provincial parks have generator restrictions.--- The newer TT has 100% LED lighting and all the appliances are more battery friendly.
Having said that, we just felt the smaller TT would be more practical and campy.We are perfectly comfortable in it. We own an RV lot in Az. and winter and snowbird there for months on end in the big 5ver. We want this trip to be more of an adventure than plush.
